Charles Glen MacAndrew, 1st Baron MacAndrew, (13 January 1888 – 11 January 1979) was a Scottish Unionist politician. Born in

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, he was educated at

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and at

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. MacAndrew was elected at the 1924 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the

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constituency in

, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1929 general election. He stood unsuccessfully in the Kilmarnock by-election in November 1929, but was returned to the

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at the 1931 general election for

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, and in

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for Bute and Northern Ayrshire, holding that seat until he retired from the Commons in

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. He was Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means,

, from May to July 1945 and from March 1950 to October 1951, and a Deputy

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and

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from 1951 to 1959. He commanded the Ayrshire Yeomanry from 1932 to 1936 and was Honorary Colonel from 1951 to 1955. He was

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in the

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, appointed a

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in 1952 and was raised to the peerage as Baron MacAndrew in 1959.

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* 1888 births 1979 deaths Anglo-Scots Deputy lieutenants of Ayrshire Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Knights Bachelor Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies UK MPs 1924–1929 UK MPs 1931–1935 UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 UK MPs who were granted peerages Ayrshire (Earl of Carrick's Own) Yeomanry officers Hereditary barons created by Elizabeth II People educated at Uppingham School {{Conservative-UK-MP-1880s-stub